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Surveying Hurricane Isaac’s Impacts

 |  Sep 5, 2012

Story and photos by Jared Serigné. The Delacroix Island where my grandfather was raised will never exist again. I’m okay with that. I’ve come to terms with it. I love … Read more

Rules Leave Central and South Texas Fish and Wildlife at Risk

,  |  Aug 15, 2012

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) adopted rules on Wednesday, August 8th that fall short of protecting environmental flows in the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission and Aransas rivers and the San Antonio Bay … Read more

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Study: Unusual Dolphin Deaths Linked to Gulf Oil Spill

 |  Jul 27, 2012

A new study in the journal PLoS ONE suggests that a “perfect storm” of events contributed to the unusual numbers of dolphin deaths in the northern Gulf of Mexico. This study looks … Read more

Calling on Wildlife Fans in Texas and Oklahoma

 |  Jul 13, 2012

On July 11th, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) and member K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) tried to make the argument that the states of Texas and Oklahoma should be … Read more

Fayetteville, Arkansas Celebrates Certification as a Community Wildlife Habitat

, ,  |  Jun 29, 2012

The weather didn’t cooperate when Fayetteville, Arkansas celebrated their recent certification as the first National Wildlife Federation Certified Community Wildlife Habitat in the state of Arkansas, but area residents were unfazed. They … Read more

Senator Inhofe Puts Polluters Ahead of Oklahoma Lakes

 |  Jun 13, 2012

Oklahoma City’s Lake Hefner is an urban oasis bustling with life, and rated as one of the best lakes for sail boarding. With a boat dock and fishing docks, it’s … Read more

Thanks for Providing a Strong Voice for Texas’s Natural Resources

,  |  May 25, 2012

Thank you for your support! Earlier this month, we asked you to join the National Wildlife Federation and our Texas Living Waters Project partners in asking the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to … Read more

Finding Hope in a Texas Wind Farm

 |  Apr 26, 2012

Many days it’s rather depressing to be a climate scientist.  It can be hard to keep a positive outlook when we seem to be on a trajectory toward more and … Read more

Proposed Rule Fails to Protect Central Texas Rivers and Bays

 |  Apr 17, 2012

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) proposed a rule on Friday, April 13th that will determine the amount of water that must remain flowing in Central and South Central … Read more

Hope for Coastal Louisiana: Reconnecting the Mississippi with its Delta

 |  Jul 21, 2011

This post was written by Dr. Alisha Renfro, a coastal scientist with NWF working on the Mississippi River Delta restoration in coastal Louisiana. She has Ph.D. in Marine and Atmospheric … Read more